Nanci Griffith Quotes

United States, Singer
July 6, 1953 – August, 13, 2021.

Nanci Caroline Griffith was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter, reared in Austin, Texas, who currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Griffith appeared many times on the PBS music program Austin City Limits starting in 1985 (season 10).

Also known as Songwriter, Guitarist

I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.

Nanci Griffith
- Me
- Story
- View
Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!

Nanci Griffith
- Good
- House
- Song

I think that a lot of women are made to feel that they have not done the one thing that they were put on the earth to do if they didn't do the normal thing, if they didn't take the most traveled path. And it's unfortunate.

Nanci Griffith
- Women
- Done
- Earth
I've always been a very prolific writer.

Nanci Griffith
- Always
- Writer
- Been
I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.

Nanci Griffith
- Time
- Opportunity
- Own
Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.

Nanci Griffith
- Life
- Great
- Live
It was nice to focus on things outside of my body. Music has always done that for me.

Nanci Griffith
- Music
- Done
- Me
I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.

Nanci Griffith
- Like
- Feel
- I Feel Like

Live well. Sing out, sing loud, and sing often. And God bless the child that's got a song.

Nanci Griffith
- God
- Live
- Song
Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.

Nanci Griffith
- Life
- Voice
- Carries
...here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest.

Nanci Griffith
- Rest
- Hearts
- Dreamers